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| William J. Burlingame 2003-02-16, 4:25 pm |
| I am a retired software developer. I haven't worked for 5 years and I
feel I would like to catch up a little on what's happened during that
time. I find it embarrassing to ask others to bail me out of problems
on my home computer after all the years that I was one that was
called. I started writing software in the 60's. Mostly systems SW
for what would now be considered very primitive systems.
I thought that I could do a little catching up by going through a home
study certification course. I'm not interested in software
development, just system configuration and setup for XP and/or 2000.
I don't have any aspirations of getting back out into the job market.
Of course if my 401K doesn't turn around soon, I may have to change my
mind. I would just like to be able to solve problems for friends and
family.
What certification program would be a good starting point, what
materials would be needed and where is a good place to buy them?
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| Beoweolf 2003-02-16, 5:24 pm |
| Since you left open a pretty broad area of certification. I suggest A+
certification and possibly Network +. They are more generic and oriented
toward a practical level of expertise. If you are wanting something more
specific, then go with either W2K pro and/or Win XP pro for workstation OS
and W2k server for server certification.
For a home office/home network level of expertise, you are going to have to
go with one of either 216, which is over-kill, or stay with the Network+.
"William J. Burlingame" <wjburl@bs.net> wrote in message
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> I am a retired software developer. I haven't worked for 5 years and I
> feel I would like to catch up a little on what's happened during that
> time. I find it embarrassing to ask others to bail me out of problems
> on my home computer after all the years that I was one that was
> called. I started writing software in the 60's. Mostly systems SW
> for what would now be considered very primitive systems.
>
> I thought that I could do a little catching up by going through a home
> study certification course. I'm not interested in software
> development, just system configuration and setup for XP and/or 2000.
> I don't have any aspirations of getting back out into the job market.
> Of course if my 401K doesn't turn around soon, I may have to change my
> mind. I would just like to be able to solve problems for friends and
> family.
>
> What certification program would be a good starting point, what
> materials would be needed and where is a good place to buy them?
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> bs has been included as part of my e-mail address to reduce the
> amount of spam mail. Change the 'bs'in my address to 'bellsouth'
> to send me a message.
>
> Bill Burlingame
>
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